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- - Researchers studied over 45,000 SARS-CoV-2 positive samples in Buenos Aires, focusing on infants, as previous studies often combined infants with older children.
- - Infants under 6 months had higher viral loads compared to all other age groups, while children older than 6 months had viral loads similar to adults.
- - These findings suggest that infants may play a different role in the spread of SARS-CoV-2, prompting further research into their infection characteristics.
Article Abstract
There is a paucity of reports on the characteristics of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in infants, because most studies have grouped infants with older children. We analyzed the viral loads of 45318 SARS-CoV-2-positive nasopharyngeal swab samples obtained in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Infants younger than 6 months presented higher viral loads than any other age group. Children older than 6 months showed significantly lower viral loads, similar to those founds in adults. This observation raises new questions regarding the role of infants in the spreading of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8690165 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiab577 | DOI Listing |
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